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Lowest average race speed (winner) without a red flag: 98.701 km/h (61.330 mph) 1950 Monaco Grand Prix (Juan Manuel Fangio) [16] Highest average race speed (winner) 247.586 km/h (153.843 mph) 2003 Italian Grand Prix (Michael Schumacher) [17] Highest average fastest lap (race) 257.321 km/h (159.892 mph) 2004 Italian Grand Prix (Rubens ...
1 mph. 0.5144: 1.852: 1.151: 1.716 × 10 ... Maximum speed recorded by a Formula One car. ... 1: Speed of light or other electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum or ...
The BAR-Honda 007 set an unofficial speed record of 413 km/h (257 mph) at Bonneville Speedway. The 1.6 L V6 engine on a modern F1 car churn out 710 kW (950 bhp) at 15,000 rpm. [68] [69] This enables a modern F1 car to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 1.8 seconds, and from 0 to 100 mph (0 to 161 km/h) in 2.6 seconds. [70]
During qualifying for the 2016 European Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas set a record top speed of 378 km/h (234.9 mph). [213] A BAR-Honda Formula One car, running with minimum downforce on a runway in the Mojave Desert achieved a top speed of 415 km/h (258 mph) in 2006. According to Honda, the car fully met the FIA Formula One regulations.
World Formula 1 Records 2016 (Fifth ed.). London, England: SevenOaks. ISBN 978-1-78177-268-3. Chicane (2015). The Fastest Show on Earth: The Mammoth Book of Formula 1. London, England: Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-0-7624-5622-2 – via Open Library. Smith, Roger (2019). Formula 1 All The Races: The First 1000. Poundbury, England: Veloce ...
[112] [113] Following qualifying, Norris highlighted the MCL38's significant improvement in performance over the MCL60, with the car approximately 20 km/h (12 mph) quicker in a straight line. [114] Norris was overtaken by Piastri on the first lap, and were ultimately beaten by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc who selected a single-stop strategy rather ...
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [ 2 ]
Formula 1 has contracted a single supplier of tyres since the 2007 season. The supplier ( Pirelli since 2011 ) supplies 5 specifications of slick dry-weather tyres (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5), of which 3 compounds are provided at each race (as soft, medium and hard).